Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, today expressed his concern over escalation of tensions in Baidoa surrounding a federal state-building conference.“It is important…

Mogadishu – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, today expressed his concern over escalation of tensions in Baidoa surrounding a federal state-building conference.“It is important…

Abuja, 2 February 2014 - The Commission on the delimitation of the boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria closes its Thirty-Second (32nd) Session in Abuja, Nigeria. The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission is composed of…

30 January 2014 – Unless the security situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) improves, humanitarian agencies will not have sufficient access to people in the provinces outside the capital Bangui, the United Nations…

New York, 30 January 2014 - United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania as his new Deputy Special Representative and Deputy…

KABUL - The United Nations human rights chief has warned that “hard-won gains” that Afghanistan has made since 2001 in a range of areas, including human rights, “may be forfeited” for the sake of short-term political goals as…

KABUL - Click here for the joint statement of the co-Chairs – Afghanistan’s Finance Minister Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal and United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Ján Kubiš – on the conclusion of…

Akkar, Lebanon Thursday, 23 January 2014 The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Derek Plumbly, visited the Akkar region in north Lebanon today to see the conditions of Syrian refugees and Lebanese communities…

From 14 to 27 January, members of the National Electoral Authority (NEA) visited 11 of the 16 prefectures of the Central African Republic (CAR). Their goal was to establish an initial inventory of the resources available for…

(Near verbatim transcript) JSRS : Good afternoon everyone. Had another fairly long meeting this morning, where we discussed a very sensitive and important subject that is the security situation in Syria and terrorism. I think…

KABUL - A United Nations report released today said that female teachers are “urgently needed” to boost the education of girls in Afghanistan, which has the highest level of gender disparity in the world.“In Afghanistan…